Visible-light driven p–n heterojunction formed between α-Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> for efficient photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline
Baikang Zhu, Qinbing Dong, Jianghua Huang, Debin Song, Lihui Chen, Qingguo Chen, Chunyang Zhai, Bohong Wang, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Hengcong Tao
Abstract
A polymer-assisted facile synthesis strategy for the polymorph-controlled α-Bi 2 O 3 /Bi 2 O 2 CO 3 heterojunction effectively improves the degradation efficiency of tetracycline (TC) and Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisHeterojunctionDegradation (telecommunications)Materials scienceVisible spectrumPollutantChemical engineeringNanotechnologyCatalysisChemistryOptoelectronicsComputer scienceOrganic chemistryEngineeringTelecommunicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsGa2O3 and related materials